woolgathering
wool·gath·er·ing
noun \-ˌga-th(ə-)riŋ, -ˌge-th(ə-)riŋ\Definition of WOOLGATHERING
: indulgence in idle daydreaming
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- <my woolgathering was abruptly interrupted by a question from the flight attendant>
First Known Use of WOOLGATHERING
1553
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Related Words: contemplation, meditation, musing; absentmindedness, absorption, abstraction, preoccupation; chimera, conceit, daydream, delusion, dream, fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), figment, hallucination, illusion, phantasm (also fantasm), pipe dream, unreality, vision
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